Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Frank Ramirez's new photo-based works involve a unique way of seeing nature that incorporates aspects of pareidolia and the perspectives of birds and other animals.

Frank started out in neo-dada, performance, photo-art, fiction, and sonic experimentation. He moved over to music in the late 1970s, fronting the legendary rock band UJ3RK5, which included local luminaries such as Jeff Wall, Bill Gibson, Rodney Graham, Ian Wallace, and others. Frank moved to Europe in 1980, and worked at teaching, electronic music, and hosting an underground radio show featuring new and live music heard in Germany, France and Switzerland.

While on holiday at Tofino in 1991, a friend loaned him a camera to photograph natural phenomena there. The images seemed enigmatic and a little "strange" in the central European context and were compounded into tight triptychs. Further landscape works involved locations such as Cadaqués and the Balearics in Spain.

Frank returned to Vancouver a few years ago and eventually applied his vision to the Gulf Islands and the parks of Strathcona: a new kind of landscape photography influenced by the "isms" of art history and the desire to see man as a part of nature.

About CSA / FAQ

CSA Space is an independent Canadian project space founded by Christopher Brayshaw, Adam Harrison, and Steven Tong.

CSA exhibits innovative contemporary artworks of all kinds. Exhibitions are by invitation only and based on the curators' own aesthetic judgments. Some exhibitions are developed between an individual curator and an artist or artists; others involve the whole curatorial team.

Open 7 days a week during normal business hours. Closed Christmas and New Year's Day. See Pulpfiction Books (2422 Main Street) for admission.

CONTACT

info@csaspace.ca

*or* the new CSA Space Facebook group. If you have a Facebook account, this is the best way to stay apprised of upcoming shows and special events.REGARDING SUBMISSIONS

Exhibitions at CSA are by invitation only.

The best way to get a show at CSA is to have a CSA curator see your work when it is presented at a commercial gallery, public institution, artist-run center, or independent project space, and for them to be impressed by it.

Please send all invitations to upcoming exhibitions to info@csaspace.ca. Time permitting, we will alsoview artist websites whose details are sent to the same address.